Scatter Plots and Correlations

High School Math based on the topics required for the Regents Exam conducted by NYSED.

Scatterplots and Correlations
When given a list of numbers, we can use scatterplots to represent the data. Scatterplots can show information about the data through their correlation. It is important to be able to recognize positive and negative correlations in scatterplots, or the lack any correlation. The correlation of scatterplots can give us information about the tendency of the data. Other measures we can use to describe data include along with finding mean, median and mode.

Scatter Plots : Introduction to Positive and Negative Correlation

Learn Scatter Plots and Best Fitting Lines
Explains what a scatter plot is and how to find the best fitting line.

Scatterplot and linear correlation
This video presents the connection between scatterplots and the linear correlation coefficient r.

Scatter plots, least squares regression

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